French thinker Blaise Pascal observed humanity's aversion to stillness, suggesting our constant busyness stems from a fear of ...
On Aug. 19, 1662, French philosopher, mathematician and apologist Blaise Pascal died at just 39 years old. Pascal, despite his shortened life, is renowned for pioneering work in geometry, physics and ...
Blaise Pascal independently rediscovered classical geometry at the age of 12 despite a ban on formal maths studies. His early ...
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill, and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I ...